TY  - BOOK
AU  - Kwan,Man Bun
TI  - The Salt Merchants of Tianjin: State-Making and Civil Society in Late Imperial China 
SN  - 9780824822750
AV  - HD9213.C43 T525 2001eb
U1  - 381/.456644/095115409034 22
PY  - 2001///]
CY  - Honolulu : 
PB  - University of Hawaii Press, 
KW  - Government monopolies
KW  - China
KW  - Tianjin
KW  - History
KW  - Merchants
KW  - Political activity
KW  - Salt industry and trade
KW  - Political aspects
KW  - Salt
KW  - Taxation
KW  - Taxes, Farming of
KW  - HISTORY / Asia / China
KW  - bisacsh
N1  - Frontmatter --; Contents --; Acknowledgments --; INTRODUCTION --; 1. THE CITY --; 2.THE GABELLE AND BUSINESS --; 3. the household and the law --; 4. merchant culture --; 5. social services --; 6. changing times --; 7. SHIFTING POLITICS --; 8. THE CRASH --; EPILOGUE --; Notes --; Glossary --; Selected Bibliography --; Index --; About the Author; restricted access; Issued also in print
N2  - For nearly four hundred years the Changlu salt merchants played a leading role in the urbanization, commercial development, and social change of the city of Tianjin. As early as the fifteenth century, this small yet important group of citizens negotiated with the state as revenue-farmers, developing and defending their businesses and customs while evolving their own urban culture. In this the first detailed study in English of the mercantile activities and social role of Tianjin's salt merchants, Kwan Man Bun reveals how they helped stabilize the city and assumed many civic responsibilities, providing relief, charities, and other services to their fellow citizenry. Although these developments resemble the emergence of an idealized "public sphere" as in Europe, Kwan makes clear that Tianjin's social changes were not grounded on "rational discourse" but rather drew their strength and continuity from merchant networks based on exclusivity, wealth, education, and kinship
UR  - https://doi.org/10.1515/9780824865009
UR  - https://www.degruyter.com/isbn/9780824865009
UR  - https://www.degruyter.com/document/cover/isbn/9780824865009/original
ER  -